BARGAINING TOOL

Before adding: "I must say thank you to my mother. Thank you for my support!"

His promoter Frank Warren echoed Tete's statements that he wants to fight Burnett, while also waxing lyrical over his emphatic victory.

He said: "He was gone before he hit the canvas. Tete is something special. We're going to make sure he's busy.

"We are in Belfast because we want Ryan Burnett. If his manager Adam Booth wants to contact me we will make the fight here in Belfast.

"If Ryan believes he is the best then we have to find a way to do it. I already offered to fight on their show, Tete would have gone to Sky and I've had paid their purse, but we didn't hear back from them.

"Let's give the fans what they want, the best fighting the best."

Tyson Fury trains in the ring as he seeks full fitness for possible 2018 fights